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Address To Edinburgh (第2/2页)
atg high the least alarms, thy rough, rude fortress gleams afar; like some bold veteran, grey in arms, and mark'd with many a seamy scar: the pond'rous wall and massy bar, grim—rising o'er the rugged rock, have oft withstood assailing war, and oft repell'd th' invader's shock. with awe-struck thought, and pitying tears, i view that ately dome, where scotia's kings of other years, fam'd heroes! had their royal home: alas, how g'd the times to e! their royal name low in the dust! their hapless race wild-wand'ring roam! thid law cries out 'twas just! wild beats my heart to trace your steps, whose aors, in days of yore, thro' hostile ranks and ruin'd gaps old scotia's bloody lion bore: ev'n i who sing in rustic lore, haply my sires have left their shed, and fac'd grim danger's loudest roar, bold-following where your fathers led! edina! scotia's darli! all hail thy palaces and tow'rs; where once, beh a monarch's feet, sat legislation's sn pow'rs: from marking wildly-scatt'red flow'rs, as on the banks of ayr i stray'd, and singing, lohe ling'ring hours, i shelter in thy honour'd shade.